The Ex and Her Riches

Chapter 184

He had asked Swain to hurry back to the training facility and find Yohannes, but Swain had yet to return.

Maverick knew his own body, and he probably wouldn’t be able to hold on until Gwendolyn came home from dinner.

Is this really how I’m going to die?

He was unwilling to accept it, yet he was powerless to change it.

As of now, he did not even have the strength to write a farewell letter.

Earlier, that had been the first time Gwendolyn had hugged him since the divorce.

No, she wasn’t hugging me. She was only patting my head.

Charles was right. In the end, Gwendolyn saw Maverick as nothing more than a pet.

She no longer loved him.

As Maverick pondered on this, his consciousness gradually grew hazy, and there were black spots in his vision.

“Gwendolyn…”

I’ll give you my life, Gwendolyn, but can you give me your love in return?

Resigned to his fate, he closed his eyes and let his arms hang limply at his sides. He looked serene.

All was tranquil around him.

Apart from the curtains rustling in the breeze, the only other noise in the room was the sound of blood dripping from his fingertips onto the floor, one drop at a time.

In the car, Gwendolyn suddenly felt a sharp, intense pain in her heart.

She pressed a hand to her chest, her delicate face turning pale from the pain.

Charles noticed that something was off with her and quickly asked, “Gwen, what’s wrong? Are you unwell?”

He leaned forward, wanting to help her.

him. After taking a few deep breaths, she felt the pain gradually

I feel pain in my chest all of

never had any heart-related illnesses, and the pain this time was

I haven’t been sleeping well for the last couple of days. Anyway, it’ll all

spoke, a faint, icy gleam

gaze and continued to show his sympathy

Gwendolyn was not listening to him at

found herself thinking about how pale and sickly

acting

he ask me all those odd questions, such as whether

a dying patient who could not accept

into her thoughts, the more uneasy

the wrist before she left the

may be secrets behind him that could be extremely detrimental to you. You must be cautious and on your

hindsight, Maverick’s choice of words

almost as if he had used the words “in the future” to exclude himself from any future

sense of weakness

and she shouted at

wrong, Gwen?”

came up. I’m afraid I won’t be able

“Gwen—”

cut off when Gwendolyn

getting out of Charles’ car, she had no choice but to turn around and run

and Justin caught up to

car did not move even after Gwendolyn left; it simply

as Gwendolyn frantically ran back to Bay Villa. At that moment, his expression grew

Villa when Nico once again confidently entered

from the shadows when they saw him

month’s worth of salary

expression cold and serious. “I’m not here to play

two exchanged

a few light thuds sounded through the air, and the three men immediately felt a sharp pain in the back of their necks. In

it turned out, tranquilizing them was much quicker and more efficient

out from the shadows. “Nico, we can’t just leave them lying here, can we? Where should we hide them for the

men on the ground, cupped

was still no sound or movement within the

that something was off. “Never mind. Let’s go and

he was worried he would not be able to explain himself to Gwendolyn after this.

the door to the second-floor bedroom only to find Maverick lying on

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